With all this time at home, we're catching up on our reading and such. As I was perusing a couple of my favorite RV forums, I learned that "nobody" visits New Mexico in April, especially early April. Why? Because of the friggin' wind!
Nothing like finding a helpful piece of information after you need it!
But, wait! Believe it, or not, I do consider the weather when we plot out possible destinations. One of my favorite tools is Weather Underground's Trip Planner. Just type in a place and up to two weeks of dates you want to visit and you get a nifty summary of weather history.
Let's revisit Santa Fe from April 1st through the 15th.
According to the Trip Planner, the average high is 63 degrees and the average low is 33. That's a bit cooler than we like. But, that's OK because the sun shines all the time. There's a 0% chance of a "Cloudy Day". There's a 25% chance of a "Precipitation Day", but when stuff does fall from the sky it doesn't amount to much. And, what about the wind? There's a 39% chance of having a "Windy Day" where the wind blows more than 10 mph. Now, we can all deal with 10 mph winds. Can't we? What about "Friggin' Windy Days"? According to Trip Planner, the wind blows between 3 and 22 mph this time of year. That's not too bad. Is it?
I guess the gray clouds, blowing dust and tumbling tumbleweeds I'm seeing here in Santa Fe today are above average!
It reminds me of a phrase that was part of the vocabulary of work for Paul and me.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Ain't that the truth!
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oh my goodness!..one day the wind will stop..the sun will shine and the weather will be perfect!..don't know when or where that will be but we can all hope it will happen one day soon!!..hang in there you two!..hang onto your hats!!..hope the rubber stays on the pavement!
Hey, you did your research! If you want perfect, you could live in a sticks and bricks and never go out.
This too shall pass.
It's been quite blustery here in the Bay area as well.
Seems to me that my time in that part of the world in May wasn't any better! It was pretty windy in October as well, so I'm not sure when it isn't windy! :)
Weather's trends seem to be changing all over the world; it's getting more difficult to rely on historic trends. Bummer when it impacts plans, but I guess we all make the best of whatever the circumstances.
We loved Santa Fe! The food, museums, food, art, food, jewlry, food...yep the food was great!
And we were there for 3 weeks in April and it snowed!
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